Improvement in potato-mashers



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"CHARLES" AnoLPn rnnDEnIonprsAN r'nnu'orsco; oALIEoRNIA.

Lettere Patent'No.r`112,577," datedMarch 1,4, 18741.

IMPRvEM-E'NT IN PoTAToMAsHERs. v

`The `Schedule referred to ln these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To lill Vwhom, it may conocia; -v

Beit known that LOHAR'LES Anonrn FREDE- RICK, of `San]L `rancisco,pin the county `of San Eranjjcisco and Stateof` California, have vinvented a new `and improved Potato-Masheryandl do hereby de` clare thatuthe following is `a full, clear,-a11d exact description thereof, Which-twill enableothefrs skilled in the" art'y to make and use the san1ereference being `had to 4the :accompanying drawingforming part of this specification, in whic Figure l represents a vertical central section of my l improved potato-masher. p `Figure L1 islayhorizontal section of the same taken on the plane of the linea: x, lig. l.V

i Similar :letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

`This invention relates to a new instrument for i thoroughly mashing potatoes' and other fruit or lvege-V y tablesnbstances," and consists in the construction and arrangementen' parts, as hereinafter described. l 1A 'inthe drawingrepreseuts the frame of myrim proved masher. V

Itis provided with an aperture in the bed-plate a,

yin which a cylindrical sieve o r perforated vessel, B,

,having also a perforatedhottom, is suspended.

rIhe vessel B has an` outwardly-projecting ange, I, `at its-upper end, `Wherely it is suspended from the bed, as shown. i

O isa plunger, shapedftq t the vesselB. and sus i c., to surround .the vessel -B, so asv to pended 'f1-oni `a rack, D, which is guided in the upper part -of the frame A. v y

A toothed wheel, c, mounted upon an arbor, d,

meshes int-o the teeth of .the rack D, and vserves to move the plunger up or down whenever the crank e ot',

the arbor is revolved.

l A spring catch, f, may be secured to the iame-for holding the plunger elevated Awhenever-fit is desired to remove, clean, or repair the vessel B.

The fruit to be mashed is, peeled or nnpeeled, placed into the vessel B, and theplunger then worked down to crush the saine and to tnce the crushed particles through the pores of the vessel, While the skins and other indigestible parts remain in the latter.

An annular jacket, E, is suspended from the plate prevent the crushed matter from being scattered.

Having thus described my invention, y

I claim as new4 and desire to secure by Letters Patent v 1 The cylinder B, having perforated sides and bottom,

and the jacket E, both provided with flanges, whereby they are suspended inthe bed-plate a, and secured in place by buttons, in'combination with the double convex plunger G, as shown and` described.-

Y CHARLES lADOLPH FREDERICK. `Vit-nesses:` v t MARK HUNT,

PHILlP MAHLER. 

